But Alacrity took his proteus gratefully; he had very few possessions, but it was just about his most treasured, a commo device, databank, systems accessor and more, in a wrist torc of overlapping, chitinous black metal plates tinged with verdigris.

The series featured omnipresent proteuses in forms limited only by the artistic and aesthetic whims — and, of course, available ducats, simoleons, and long green — of the characters; Hobart Floyt eventually got a prote shaped like an elaborate pocket watch.

The series is also notable for regularly including fanciful named interior design styles in scene descriptions. I can’t think offhand any other sci-fi series that does this — similar in that way to Firefly’s singular treatment of costumes: t-shirts and regular-type prints rather than unitards or double-ties.